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Hi, I did this job at the weekend, replacing the rear wishbone bushes, everything is back together now and the car is running and driving fine, however now there is a loud wind noise coming from the drivers footwell, like the window is open but it isnt. The only thing I didnt do was put the plastic caps back into the subframe as I forgot didn't loose them just didn't reinstall them, there is also a whining noise like the power steering pump but louder, I spilt a bit of fluid but the res is still over half full could this be the reason for the whine?



Any help would be greatly appreciated as its my girlfriends car and she isn't too help at the moment.



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The pump could be culprit. When steering with the vehicle parked, does the whine sound like the one you have developed? if so, the pump may be at the end of it's life.

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Is there a given or expected life on the power steering pump? I just bought a 2005 yesterday with 105K miles and the power steering is intermittent... at best, and usually not working! I did hit a bump today and it seemed to work momentarily. Any ideas? I still need to buy the manuals.... Thanks!
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Is there a given or expected life on the power steering pump? I just bought a 2005 yesterday with 105K miles and the power steering is intermittent... at best, and usually not working! I did hit a bump today and it seemed to work momentarily. Any ideas? I still need to buy the manuals.... Thanks!
My 2002 started doing that, intermittently the power steering would stop working. I removed the electrical connectors from the power steering pump, (not the easiest to get at but not bad. Remove the P/S cooling fan and you can get at them), cleaned up the contacts, and put it back together. Haven't had any problems since.

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